A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF LOCKE AND BERKELEY ON THE PROBLEM OF PERCEPTION
A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF LOCKE AND BERKELEY ON THE PROBLEM OF PERCEPTION

Summary/Abstract: This paper engages in a critical comparative analysis of John Locke and George Berkeley on the problem of perception. The problem of perception centers on the question of whether our sensory or perceptual experiences can serve as a basis of justification for our knowledge of physical entities in the external world. The philosophical stances of Locke and Berkeley present foundational background to the empiricist claim that the senses are a reliable source of knowledge. However, given the question that the problem of knowledge claim based on perceptual experiences have been plagued with, this paper attempts to address the problem of perception based on a critique of Locke’s and Berkeley’s empiricist claims. This involves a critique of the empricist’s claim on the reliability of perceptual experience in the justification of our knowledge claim. This paper submits that the position of empiricism, if properly delineated, can solve the problem of perception.

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